Teacher Inquiry Communities Network in Action
‘Mizzou Men’ Explore Their Roles as Men in the Elementary School Classroom
Funded by a Teacher Inquiry Communities Network Minigrant, the Missouri Writing Project hosts an inquiry community for men who teach elementary school. They meet and inquire together into that shared experience. More ›
Featured Resources
Article Exploring Process, Inquiry, and the Benefits of Site Research Wins Award
Researchers from the South Coast Writing Project compared the classroom practice of teachers who had experienced their site's inquiry-based professional development with the practice of those who hadn't—and reaped unexpected benefits More ›
What Data-Driven Instruction Should Really
Look Like
Kathie Marshall argues that data-driven instruction should come from groups of teachers working together on research and using data to improve instruction—rather than having data monitored as a way of checking NCLB "compliance." More ›
Beyond Strategies: Teacher Practice, Writing Process, and the Influence of Inquiry
These case studies of two teachers, one who worked with the South Coast Writing Project in an inquiry-oriented inservice program and one who did not, explore how they each interpret and implement a process-centered theory of writing in different ways. More ›